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Career Exploration and Career Preparation

ByBeverly Payne

Supporting career exploration and preparation programs at the district level This is the third article in the series on Career Awareness, Exploration, and Preparation. Does your district have a balanced and comprehensive career exploration and career preparation programs for your middle school and high school students?   Let’s be real, though.  How many of you work…

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TPACK: Making a District’s Digital Conversion Easier

ByBeverly Payne

Alrighty, central office administrator.  Your role is to lead your district through a digital conversion or to lead your Blended Learning project.  If you are like me, this responsibility probably excites you!  Woohoo, right?   But as you start planning, you might realize that this could be a heavy lift, depending on how ready your…

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SAMR: Getting Started Guide for Central Office Administrators

ByBeverly Payne

Isn’t it nice to discover something that allows you to make sense of new information?  It is a great feeling, isn’t it?  Something (e.g., understanding) clicks in my brain and produces warm, fuzzy feelings (aka feelings of self-efficacy). That’s how I felt a few years ago when I first learned about SAMR.   As my…

5 Ways for Districts to Support Blended Learning

ByBeverly Payne

The past couple of years, we’ve been hearing the term ‘blended learning’ bandied about frequently.  What does this mean?  How do central office administrators fit into a Blended Learning model?  How does the district support blended learning models.   First A Quick Definition Like many ideas in education, the term does not have a hard…